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t* • THE EICALAHA EAGLE EASTERN MONEY WILL COME HERE FINANCIERS CONFIDENT MON- TANA OFFERS CONSISTENT IN- VESTMENTS, SAYS BANKER Sixty Per Cent of States Farmers Have Gone Through Adversity and Proven Themselves, is Opinion of L. E. Wakefield of Minneapolis. Eastern concerns with interests in Montana are taking a most optimistic view toward development and fur- ther stabilization of agriculaure and business in the Treasure state dur- ing the coming year. The rapid ree covery of the state during the last two years, joined to the outlook for 1922 as a period of intensive devel- opment, is confirming the faith east- ern sections always have expressed In Montana, and capital will continue to look for consistent investments here. This is the view of Lyman E. Wake- field, vice-president of the Wells - Dickey company of Minneapolis, which has a large number of farm loans, placed in Montana. Mr. Wake- field was in Great Falls for a con- ference with Robert Stallman, Mon- tana manager for the company. Farming etatus Proved \An outstanding fact to remember In connection with Montana is that agriculture has proved its perma- nency here,\ said Mr. Wakefield. \From the experience of the last few years, we know that farming is a profitable industry in Montana and that farm yields and farm incomes will be steadily increased as a con- sequence of the adoption of better methods and the introduction of new crops. \There have been comparatively but very few failures among Montana land owners who were know-how farmers. As the situation sizes up today, I would say that 60 per cent of the state's farm population has gone through the period of adversity end emerged safely intrenched against any adverse conditions that may arise. On the other hand there have been about 40 per cent of fail- ures, or near failures, among own- ers who were not and never intended to be farmers. But in that fact there Is an argument favoring the early restoration of Montana lands. Farms that passed from the proprietorship of such owners has tended to keep values at a comparatively low mark, and cheap land has a big attraction for farmers of the middle west. Good Year Indicated \I would not say that their is go- ing to be a rush of land buyers into Montana, or any other state, this year, for there is no general move- ment towards agriculture, but Mon- tana is bound tq get a large number of new settlers In 1923. ' \Everything indicates a good year for Montana. Agriculture is going to make important gains; the sheep in- dustry is fully restored, and mining again is on a solid foundation. The cattle business has not so far recov- ered, but it is gaining rapidly and probably will be normal by another fall. Development of the oil fields in- evitably will be a big factor in Mon- tana's prosperity. The state now is getting along to where it is produc- ing considerable oil and there will be huge sums expended here in the next few years in development.\ 1 Robbery at Band Springs One hundred and eighty dollars in cash was taken from the postoffice and Fred Allen store, both of which are in the same building, at Sand Springs, by robbers who broke into the place while a dance was in pro- gress elsewhere. DYE ANY GARMENT OR DRAPERY WITH \DIAMOND DYES\ Buy \Diamond Dyes\ and follow the simple directions in every pack- age. Don't wonder whether you can dye or tint successfully, because per- fect home dyeing is guaranteed with Diamond Dyes even if you have never dyed before. Worn, faded dresses, skirts, waists, coats, sweaters, stock- ings, draperies, hangings, everything, become like new again. Just tell your druggist whether the material you wish to dye is wool or silk, or whether it is linen, cotton, or mixed goods. Diamond Dyes never streak, spot, fade or run. New Game Law - Summary HUNTER, CUT THIS OUT AND PASTE IT 1N YOUR HAT Under the new game law the closed season on game fish runs from March 15 to May 28, the spawning season, and Chinook salmon, silver salmon, sockeye sal. men, yellow perch, black bass sunfish, pike, ling and eatfildi are added to the list of game fish, while it re- moves the whitefish. Bear is defined as a game animal, and may be killed only by license. The bear is no longer classed as preda- tory and cannot be trapped. Cascade is the only county In the state which is closed for grouse, sage hen and prairie chicken hunting. The open season for elk is as it was under the old law, from October 15 to Novem- ber 15, with a limit of one elk per person. In Park county alone the open season Is extended to December 20, unless the game warden de- cides that it shall be dosed earlier. The same condi- tions apply to deer. Ducks may be killed be- tween September 16 and De- cember 15. The hunting of Hungarian partridges and the ring neck pheasant is unlawful, with heavy fine and jail penalties. Muskrat cannot be trapped for the next three years. All other furbearing animals arc protected between April 1 and November 1. Beaver may be trapped when the owner of land upon which damage is being done by beaver secures a license, costing $10, and then largely at the discretion of the game warden. The limit of fish caught in one day is 20 pounds. The limit of game fish not less than seven inches long which may be taken in one day is placed at five. C. A. Jakways, State Game Warden 6,931 HUNTERS KILL 1,500 DEER 4L80 SLAY 518 ELK AND 188 BEAR IN MONTANA FORESTS IN 1922 Investigations Conducted by Missoula Forestry Office at Request of Bu- reau of Biological Survey; One Mountain Sheep Reported Killed. The deer population of the nation- al forests of Montana was reduced 1,500 by hunters during the last year, according to investigations which have been made by Fred Morrell, dis- trict forester of District No. 1 with headquarters in Missoula. Nearly three times as many deer were slaughtered sa any other one kind of wild animal,Thlr. Morrell reports. In response to a request for infor- mation regarding hunting in the na- tional forests, made by letter to the Missoula forestry office by the bureau of biological survey in Washington, D. C., investigation resulted in the foregoing facts being uncovered. It was also ascertained that hunt- ers numbering 6,931 invaded Mon- tana national forests during the last year in quest of big game. They killed in addition to the deer men- tioned, 618 elk, 116 black or brown bear. Only ono mountain sheep is known to have been killed in viola- tion of the law in the state. In western Montana on the Mis - soula, Lob o and Bitter Root forests, deer casualties were 267, and elk 110. Two thousand six hundred and sixty hunters spent one or more days in these forests. In Idaho, north of the Nez Perces forest, 724 hunters killed 455 doer, 16 sheep or goats, 87 elk and 73 black or brown bear. Confiscation Decisions Deciding what are said to have been the first cases instituted in Mon- tana under the confiscation provi- sions of the liquor laws, Judge Rob- ert Stong of Billings ordered the for- feiture of fixtures in two soft drink parlors operated in Livingston by men under arrest on bootlegging charges. In a third case the court ordered the restoration of seized fix- tures on the ground that Frank Can- non, the alleged bootlegger involved, served liquor to state agents from a bottle carried in h his pocket, and therefore the fixtures were not used. The property, restored belongs to the Lehrkind estate, which is in the hands of the court in the course of probate. Judge Wong said that if the administrator, a member of the family, were shown to have been cog- nizant of liquor dispensing on the property, it would have been ground for his removal. SAY \BAYER\ when you buy Unless you see the name \Bayer\ on package or on tablets you are not getting the genuine Bayer product prescribed by physicians over twenty- two years and proved safe by mil- lions' for colds, headache, toothache, earache, neuralgia, lumbago, rheu- Aspirin matism, neuritis, and for pain in gen- eral. Accept only \Bayer\ package which contains proper directions Handy boxes of twelve tablets cost few cents. Druggists also sell bot- tles of 24 and 100. Aspirin is the trade mark of Bayer Manufacture of Monotkoeticacidester of Salicylicacid. 200 FIRES BURN IN COAL MEASURE VAST COAL DEPOSITS SOUTH OF MILES CITY ON FIRE FOR HALF CENTURY As Fuel Burns Away Overlying Rock Drops from 10 to 12 Feet, Leaving Deep Crevices; Blaze Breaks Out to Surface in Places. Two hundred fires, one of which has been burning for more than a half century, are eating their way Into the vast coal and lignite beds in southeastern Montana, accord- ing to Thomas Edison Smith, for- merly superintendent of the Bear Creek coal mine and now commis- sioned by a group of Miles City men to examine and report upon the coal resources of the Powder river basin. Smith declares that the largest of these fires ie in a great bed of coal about seven miles northwest of Ash- land, in southeastern Rosebud coun- ty. This fire, he reports, is burning around three sides of a tract one- half mile square, and the smoke, steam, and heat waves arising from the furnace beneath produce the ef- fect of a burning cauldron in the bowels of the earth. \The origin of the fire was prob- ably spontaneous combustion,\ Mr. Smith says. \The lignite coals ignite easily, and this property is one of the sources of danger in mines at Sheridan, Wyoming. When fine coal of this quality gets seven feet deep or more It is apt to ignite, especially if it is covered with snow. Along the heads of rapidly cutting streams where a thick bank of coal is expos- ed, the physical conditions are suit- able for the coal to ignite, especially on the north and east side of the gulches. It is found in nearly every case that the coal is burned further up -stream, about one and a half miles on the north or east side of the stream than on the other side.\ The burning coal bed in the Ash- land district is a sight worth travel- ing miles to see, declares Smith. \The coal bed which is on fire is ex- posed in a coulee nearby where it is more than 25 feet thick. Where It is burning the coal IR nowhere under less than 106 feet of cover and in one place there is 165 feet of strata above the burning coal. As the fuel burns the overlying rock falls down about 10 or 12 feet, leaving great deep crevices through which the hot rocks can be seen far below.\ Mr. Smith Rays he tossed sticks down into some of these cracks and they caught fire almost instantly. These cracks remain in evidence for years, and as they are about ten feet apart and fairly straight, they give the burned area the appearance of a field plowed with a gigantic plow. This particular bed, he adds, has been burning, to the accurate knowledge of residents, for more than fifty years. \In the last 42 years the fire has moved over a distance of a mile and a quarter. Since October, 1921, the fire on the south side has moved 164 feet, which is exceptionally ra- pid,\ declares Smith. Commenting on this phase of the situation, Mr. Smith says: \In the past 42 years erosion of the burned area has not progressed sufficiently to expose the rocks beneath. As much of the burned area has the fused rocks projecting above the surface, it is certain that they were burned ages ago.\ Reciting an experience, Mr. seine says that nearby ref:Monte formerly secured coal from a bank on Cook creek on Tongue river. A rancher one day procured a load of coal and left his pick and shovel leaning against the coal. When he returned several days later, the fire which had been burning 19 behind the coal face bed had broken through and burned the handle oat of kin tools. \That bed,\ he says, \is no longer a source of fuel and on cold days the steam aris- ing frowthe fires below may be seen rising above the ground.\ HOW JERI JOHNS DIED IN HARNESS FAMOUS OLD-TIME NEWSPAPER MAN, WHO HAD THE COUR- AGE OF CONVICTIONS Established Many Newspapers Dur- ing Ms Third of a Century in Mon- tana; a Fighting Editor of a Setbsol that is Passing. T. Jefferson Johns, who died in the harness in Ms office in Miles City a few days ago, was probably one of the best known of his craft In the state. He had established many newspapers and was a writer who had the courage of his con- victions. Here is a tribute to Mr. Johns from the facile pen of J. A. Gilluly, dean of the newspaper guild of the state, who knew the fighting editor well: Arrayed in the full panoply of a knight of the quill, that old warrior, T. Jefferson Johns, while preparing to make another advance upon the enemy, this particular enemy being some policies of municipal govern- ment which he did not sanction, went down in the twinkling of an eye be- fore the scythe of old Father Time. He was seated at the exchange table in his editorial office in Miles City when the stroke came, and there probably reposed on that table a he- terogenous mass of daily and weekly newspapers, paste pot and pair of shears, unopened and unanswered correspondence, and all the other characteristic accoutrement of a newspaper man's den. Jeffy, as he was known from one end of the state of Montana to the other, was a warrior bold. Fighting with ink was even more than meat and drink to 'him and what more could he ask than to be permitted to die in his tent with his full armor on? Jetty began his Montana news- paper career in Lewistown about 1891. He was then 31 years of age. He stayed here a few years, went away and came back. He bought an interest in the original Fergus County Democrat, which was estab- lished by the late E. H. Rathbone, who died at Ronan a few years ago. Scott Brothers bought the paper from Rathbone and Jetty acquired an in- terest with Dave Scott. He stayed here until about 1906, when he set out on his varied career. Senator W. F. Meyers sent for him to come over to Red Lodge, and staked him to a plant in that city. Walter Alderson was editing the Red Lodge Picket at that time and he and the wealthy senator were at sword's points. Meyer's object was to secure a man with a pen equally as vitriolic as Walter'e and he made no mistake When he selected Jetty. It was a bat- tle royal and it lasted for several years. Mr. Johns went from Red Lodge to Forsyth where he and Ira Cole ex- changed the amenities of the season In their rival newspapers for about a year. Next he was in Miles City for a short time and went from there to Clyde Park in the Shields river val- ley and thence to Livingston for a brief period, managing and editing pavers in his characteristic style in all of these towns. From Living- ston he dropped down to Fairview on the North Dakota line, where he suddenly espoused with all his wont- ed vigor the cause of temperance and prohibition. Jeffy really m ade his first stake at Fairview. From Fair - view he moved up to Harlowton where he again did a prosperous busi- ness but having no business rival for some months he confined his batter- ies to onslaughts on the opposite po- litical party. He made money in IIar- lowton, sold out to fine advantage, and bought to good advantage Col. Hamilton's paper in Miles City, a weekly. Some time last year he launched a daily edition of the paper. He died as he lived, with his fight- ing clothes on. Jetty was born in West Virginia in 1860. When he was 14 years of age his parents moved to Kansas. Jeffy learned the printer's tradwitt Cawlcer City and as soon as 13T3 was big enough he began playing ball. Char- ley Bebb tells us he was a good Play- er and was known RB \Beefing\ Johns. He never lost his love for the sport and in nearly all the towns he lived in he managed to get together a good team. Some of the Lewistown old-timers still talk of the time he came up with his team from Forsyth and \cleaned\ all the gay sports and fans of this village. He performed the same feat with the same team at Billings. Jelly was first of all a democrat. His next and secondary obsession was baseball. He would journey hundreds of miles to attend a democratic con- vention or to witness a good ball game but he wouldn't cross the street to see a game of golf. . Jetty was wedded to his idols. He made a host of enemies but he had many warm friends. He was a real, old fashioned, fight- ing editor. Thresher:3ton Organize Organization of the Eastern Mon- tana Thresherrnen's association was perfected at a meeting in Miles City attended by more than 50 farmers and owners of outfits. The following officers were elected; Olaf Suther- land of Rock Springs, president; E. W. Viertel of Coalwood, vice-presi- dent; Al G. Ballenski, of Crow Creek, and Charles Wright of De Grand, dir- ectors. W. Y. Smith was chosen as secretary -treasurer. The purpose of the organization is the stabilization of the threshing industry in eastern Montana. State Has Lowest Death Rate The death rate in Montana for the first niee months of 1922 was next to the lowest of any state in the Union,, according to figures just re- leased by the department of com- merce in Washington. The rate was 8.4 for each 1,000 people in the state. Idaho, with 7.6, was low. Other states with low rates include Ne- braska, 9.3; Wyoming, 9.3; Michi- gan, 9.4, and Florida, 9.9. The high state listed is Maine, with 14.3 deaths for every 1,000 of population. California scored 14.2 and New Hampshire 14. Beware the Ides of larch March winds must play their pranks. Jack Hawkins, old pioneer and sheriff of Custer county in the wild days, had one the other day which he will not soon forget. He left the city hall at noon and on en- tering a business house four blocks away, noticed that he had lost all but one of nine $100 bills which he was carrying. On learning of his loss he started a search for the missing money, and on reaching the street found that the wind had scattered it all about. With volunteered assist- ance from bystanders he retrieved every one of the bills. Dillon Hereford Sale Success The sale of registered Hereford cattle at the Dillon horse sales yard proved one of the most successful cattle auctions held in Beueerhead county for a number of years. The entire herd of 36 head were sold at prices ranges from $100 to $340, the cattle bringing a total BUM of $,045, or an average of about $146 a head. Seven of the 10 buyers were ranchers of Beaverhead county and , the remainder were from other parts of the state. William Tash, Owner of the DL ranch on Grass- hopper, paid the highest price at the sale, purchasing one of the bulls for $340. The Donovan Ranch company bought 10 of the registered cattle. The sale was held under the au- spices of the Montana Hereford Breeders' association, and the herd was shipped to Dillon from the ranch- es of five of the Hereford breeders of the state. Bonder Heads Rotary L. V. Bender, of Anaconda, was unanimously chosen governor of Mon- tana district Rotary at the Rotary convention in Livingston, when he was nominated by his only rival for that office, H. B. Wylie, of Miles City. The new governor is general su- perintendent of the Anaconda Cop- per Mining company plant at Ana- conda. 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